Table 2: Comparison of the attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine-ATV-COVID-19 scale according to socio-demographic variables.

Descriptive characteristics

Positive opinion

Negative opinion

Mean scores

Statistical evaluation

Mean scores

Statistical evaluation

 

 

(X+SD)

Test

p

(X+SD)

Test

p

Age

19-29 age

30-39 age

40-49 age

50-59 age

60-69 age

15.18 ± 2.62

15.58 ± 2.79

15.89 ± 2.72

17.00 ± 2.20

18.09 ± 2.29

 

 

h = 37.143

 

 

0.0001*

18.23 ± 2.92

19.03 ± 2.73

19.43 ± 2.65

20.75 ± 2.24

21.09 ± 2.47

 

 

h = 35.256

 

 

0.0001*

Gender

Female

Male

15.97 ± 2.73

16.10 ± 2.80

z = 21067.5

0.749

19.29 ± 2.80

19.61 ± 2.72

z = 20602

0.485

Marital Status

Married

Single

Divorces

16.32 ± 2.75

15.16 ± 2.45

14.96 ± 3.07

h = 14.851

0.001*

19.66 ± 2.67

18.73 ± 2.68

19.15 ± 3.61

h = 5.823

0.054

Educational Status

P. School

High School

University

16.16 ± 2.87

15.94 ± 2.60

16.05 ± 2.99

h = 0.355

0.837

19.36 ± 2.62

16.82 ± 2.70

18.73 ± 3.18

h = 5.823

0.054

Occupation

Unemployed

House wife

Worker

Civil Servant

Retired

15.03 ± 2.99

16.20 ± 2.82

15.73 ± 2.55

16.65 ± 3.09

17.83 ± 2.36

h = 21.544

0.0001*

18.35 ± 2.44

19.47 ± 2.81

19.53 ± 2.59

19.00 ± 3.11

21.10 ± 2.73

h = 17.487

0.002*

Social Security

Available

Not Available

16.10 ± 2.74

15.32 ± 3.15

z = 3639

0.172*

19.57 ± 2.77

17.91 ± 1.93

z = 26.86

0.002*

Working Period

1-5 years

6-10 years

11-15 years

15 years ↑         Unemployed

15.42 ± 2.30

15.74 ± 2.67 15.32 ± 2.78

16.64 ± 2.66 15.99 ± 2.88

h = 11.738

0.019*

18.23 ± 2.42

19.05 ± 2.63

19.26 ± 3.03

20.09 ± 2.56

19.33 ± 2.81

h = 14.675

0.005*

Chronic Disease

HT

D

None

16.62 ± 2.37

17.08 ± 2.56 15.61 ± 2.80

h = 20.301

0.0001*

20.30 ± 2.32

20.67 ± 2.40

18.94 ± 2.78

h = 32

0.0001

Covid-19 infection

First

Previously

Noninfected

16.13 ± 2.89

16.28 ± 2.66 15.18 ± 2.78

h = 8.278

0.016*

19.86 ± 2.57

19.62 ± 2.64

18.42 ± 3.16

h = 11.66

0.003*

Following hygiene rules

Yes

No

16.13 ± 2.80

14.80 ± 1.71

z = 3555

0.016*

19.52 ± 2.80

18.84 ± 1.91

z = 4209

0.205

Implementation of recommendations

Yes

No

16.16 ± 2.71

12.54 ± 2.47

z = 846.5

0.0001*

17.15 ± 3.05

19.55 ± 2.72

z = 1497.5

0.007*

Abbreviations: h: Kruskal-Wallis H; z: Mann-Whitney U. *p < 0.05